Pick-carrier.



' PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906.

J: B; KITTERMAN.-

1 PICK CARRIER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1906.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PICK-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

Application filed August 9,1906- Sarial No. 329,867.

To ctZZ whom, it may concern;-

main member A with a plurality of rectan u- Be it known that I, JEROMEB. KITTER- lar openings f to receive lugs g on one kin of MAN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Wapelloand State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements inPick-Carriers, of which. the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to devices for carrying picks and analogousimplements; and it contemplates the provision of a simple and.

inexpensive appliance in which a number of picks or similar implementsmay be expeditiously and securely fastened and through the medium ofwhich the picks may be conveniently carried from one point to another bya person. I

My novel device is designed more particularly with a view of enabling aperson to conveniently carry a plurality of picks from a mineto ablacksmithshop for sharpening or for repairs, and its novelty, utility,and practical advantages will be fully understood from the followingdescription and claims when the same are read in connection with theaccom anying drawings, forming part of this speci cation, in which.Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my novel device with the keyremoved and as the device appears when open and ready for the receptionof picks. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section illustrating the device asclosed and fastened and as holding picks of different types. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the fastening-key. of the device removed.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of thedrawings, reierring to which A is the main member of my novelpickcarrying device. The said main member A is made of cast-iron orother material compatible with the purpose of the invention and isprovided at one end with a handhold a and a at its opposite end With'atransversely-apertured lug b. At a point adjacent to the handhold a themain member A is provided on its inner side with parallel projections c,

in which are alined apertures d, and at a point on the inner side of thelug b the said member A is equipped with a shoulder or abutment e, thepurpose of which will be presently pointed out in detail. Intermediatethe projections c and the shoulder or abutment 6 the said main'member Ais provided with suitable means whereby the device is enabled to holdand carry a plurality of picks or pick-heads. I preferably provide thesaid pick-heads (shown in Fig. 2) and with a plurality of pins h'tooccupy eyes is of another kind in pick-heads. (Also shown in Fig. 2.)

eyes 7: said pick-heads may be of the ordinary well-known constructionor any other suitable construction. For this reason I have dee ed itunnecessary to illustrate the specific .c nstructions'of the fullpick-heads.

Bis what I denominate the .retaining member of my novel pick-carrier.The said retaining member B is provided at one end with a ertured lugsZ, connected by a pintle 'm to t e lug b of the main member, wherebysaid retaining member is adapted to be swung up and down on the mainmember. The retaining member B isfurther provided with a lug m, havingan aperture p, designed to be registeredwith the apertures d in the lugs0', a lurality of apertures 1', designed to receive the ends of the pinsh, as shown in Fig. 2, and a shoulder s, which is designed-t0 bring upagainst the .shoulder e just before the aperture 1) in the lug m comesinto alinement with the apertures d of the lugs c, this in order toplace the retaining member B under tension for an important purpose,which will be presently pointed out.

(lis the fastening-key of the device. This key is provided with abeveled end If to facilitate its introduction and an angular rearportion or finger-piece u, and it is provided in its lower edge with anotch 12 and is also pro vided in said edge in rear of said notch o witha shoulder w, which is designed to bring up against the outer side ofthe outer lug c after the manner shown in Fig. 2.

In the practical use of my novel device the two kinds ofpick-heads areplaced in engagement with the main member A in the manner shown in Fig.2, and theretaining member B is then swung down and pressed in the samedirection until the aperture 19 in its lu m is coincident with theapertures d in the ugs c on the main member A. While the retainingmember B is pressed down, as stated, the has tening-key C is inserted tothe position shown in Fig. 2, after which the retaining member B isrelieved of pressure, so as to enable its resiliency to carry the lowerwall of its aperture p into the notch 12 of the key 0, when, as will bereadily apparent, the key will be secured in position without liabilityof casual displacement. Whenit is desired to open the device for theremoval of the picks or pi ck-h eads, it is simply necessary to pressdown on the retaining member B and remove the key C and then swing thesaid retaining member B upward, when the pick-heads may be quickly andconveniently lifted off of the main member A.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that in addition to the practicaladvantages hereinbefore ascribed to my novel device the said. device isstrong and durable and is therefore well adapted to withstand the roughusage to which a pick-carrying device is necessarily subjected.

The construction shown and described c0n.

stitutes the preferred embodiment of my invention; but I desire itunderstood that in practice such changes in the form, {construction, andrelative arrangement of the parts i may be made as fairly fall withinthe scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A carrier comprising a main member having an abutment adjacent to oneend and key-receiving means adjacent to its opposite end, a retainingmember having an apertured lug and also having an. abutment arranged tobring up against the, abutment of the main member before the aperturedlug on said retaining member comes into alinement with the key-receivingmeans of themain member, and a fastening key removable from the main andretaining members.

2. A carrier comprising a main member having ail-abutment adjacent toone end and. apertured lugs adjacent to its opposite end, a retainingmember hinged to the main member beyond the abutment thereof and havingan apertured lug arranged to enter between and register with theapertured lugs of the main member and also having an abutment arrangedto bring up against that of the main member before the apertured lugsare registered, and a key removably arranged in the apertures of thelugs and having a notch to receive the lug on'the retaining member.

3. A carrier comprising a main member having apertured lugs adjacent toone end, a retaining member hinged to the main member adjacent to theopposite end thereof and having an apertured lug arranged to enterbetween those of the main member, and a fastening-key removably arrangedin the apertures of the lugs and having a notch receiving the lug on theretaining member, whereby the key is held against casual displacement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JEROME B. KITTERMAN.

Witnesses:

D. N. Brees, C. R. VVORLEY.

